Posts Tagged awesome
Video Spotlight: The Third & The Seventh
If you’re not especially smitten with fine art and architecture, you’d almost be forgiven for overlooking The Third & The Seventh.
At a whacking 10 minutes plus, you might think it a bit of an investment to sit through what is admittedly a very pretty montage of architectural shots overlaid with a gentle, haunting instrumental melody.
But what’s truly amazing about this piece is that it is the work of just one man, Alex Roman, and that it was created almost entirely using computer generated imagery. With very few exceptions, everything in the short film was skilfully crafted using Autodesk 3ds Max, V-Ray, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere.
Source: The Third & The Seventh at Vimeo.
Video Spotlight: Continually updated, hand-drawn timepiece
Way to have your art immortalised.
This clock features moving images of its creator continually re-drawning the hands in order to keep the time displayed up to date. I suppose the novelty might wear off eventually, but still… what a great idea!
Source: Neatorama.
World of Art: Illustrator’s highly creative marriage proposal
For many people who marry, planning the perfect proposal is almost as important as the ceremony itself.
Australian illustrator Guy Shields came up with the idea to create a series of illustrations with part of the message contained within each one, then piece them all together in a montage to spell out the crucial question.
The most difficult part of the process, says Guy, was to produce the constituent art pieces without giving the game away. To hide the work in progress away from his intended would no doubt arouse suspicion, and he couldn’t very well demonstrate concept sketches bearing the words will, you, marry and me now, could he?
Click here to view the full story and see all of the exceptional images used to create Guy’s proposal.
Guy Shields at Blogspot.
Video Spotlight: Mario does Queen’s ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’
Has watching a video ever caused you to shake your head and exclaim “Clearly they have too much free time!”, though you are secretly jealous of the sheer awesomeness involved in creating such a spectacle?
Well, prepare to have whatever video you currently hold as “most incredible ever” banished to a distant memory by this one. Using multiple running copies of a modified Super Mario World, someone has set up an almost perfect rendition of the classic song by Queen, using rapid-fire sound effects from the game.
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Images by the very talented Scott Campbell.
Video Spotlight: THE WIRE – 100 Greatest Quotes
Posted by matt in television on November 19, 2009
I promised myself I wouldn’t re-watch the whole of The Wire so soon after finishing it for the first time, but seeing some of these classic moments from the five seasons again has my resolve wavering.
Also, say what you like about Idris Elba‘s roles since he left The Wire, but that guy can ACT!
Movie Trailer: Clash Of The Titans
Here’s a brand new trailer for the Clash Of The Titans remake, directed by Louis Leterrier (The Transporter 1 & 2, The Incredible Hulk) and featuring Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and fast-rising star Sam Worthington.
I don’t know about you, but having watched the trailer I am very, very excited about seeing this film.
Hey, I loved the original too, but I think this might just be a fitting tribute to an all-time classic, something that is very rare in today’s film industry.
Source: Cinematical.
Napalm Dragon, ultra slow-motion fire breathing
Posted by matt in performance art on October 25, 2009
Meet Napalm Dragon and friends, a group of experienced fire breathers from Canada. Mr. Dragon himself has 15 years experience of fire breathing, which he demonstrates in a beautiful and awe-inspiring video, shot at speeds of 1,000 and 2,000 frames per second.
Source: BoingBoing.
Video Spotlight: Clowns vs. Cops
This short film directed by Adam Berg, entitled Carousel, is an exceptional piece of hi-def cinema.
What does it mean? I don’t think it matters. The level of detail is incredible, and the whole thing almost begs for an extended cut, or at least some perspective.